[vdr] Re: best distribution for vdr?

[Onno <onnok@web.de>]

Hi,

Dieter Poesl schrieb:
> Hi Juri,
>
> Juri Haberland wrote:
>
> > Lars Oeschey schrieb:
> >  
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > since I had quite some problems getting a full vdr system running under
> > > Suse, I'd like to know which distribution is best for vdr? I want a full
> > > Linux, not just a vdr-distribution like the c't debian since I use the
> > > machine as workstation too...
> > >   
> >
> > If you have some experience with Linux I'd recommend Gentoo Linux.
> >  
> I'm also using Gentoo for my VDR. And it's really fine. But do you 
> really believe that someone who has Problems with Suse is able to get 
> VDR running on a Gentoo-Machine?
>
> On the other hand Gentoo is really good for Multimedia-Machines. Because 
> it's based on Source-Code and youre able to compile the system optimized 
> for the hardware.
>
> Regards
>  Dieter
i would suggest mandrake, for 2 reasons:

1. it is quite complete in regards to multimedia and software
   updates (urpmi works like apt-get)
2. it has more flexible , more generic admin tools, including
   a single-stop command center for all admin tasks (hardware, software, config)


Regards Onno




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